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1. Cover with a smooth or shiny coating
   "the potter glazed the dishes"; "glaze the bread with eggwhite"
    
2. Become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
   "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored";
   - glass, glass over, glaze over
    
3. Furnish with glass
   "glaze the windows";
   - glass
    
4. Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
   - sugarcoat, candy

1. A coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
    
2. Any of various thin shiny (savoury or sweet) coatings applied to foods
    
3. A glossy finish on a fabric
    
4. (meteorology) a smooth coating of ice

Derived forms: glazed, glazing, glazes

See also: glaze over

Type of: burnish, change, coat, coating, dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, finish, finishing, furnish, gloss, glossiness, offer, polish, provide, render, supply, surface, sweeten, topping

Encyclopedia: Glaze, Peter